Bibliography - Cockermouth District

 Askew, John, Guide To The Interesting Places In And Around Cockermouth With An Account Of Its Remarkable Men And Local Traditions (Isaac Evening, 22 Station Street, Cockermouth 1872).

Bolton, John, Wordsworth’s Birthplace, Being The Parochial History And Local Government Of The Ancient Borough Of Cockermouth (John Fletcher, ‘Free Press’ Office, Cockermouth 1912).

Bradbury, J.Bernard, A History of Cockermouth, (London and Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1981.3rd Edition 2006); Cockermouth in Pictures, (Cockermouth, J. Bernard Bradbury, 1982/3). Eleven booklets.

Denman, Derek,The Hundith Hill Tile Kilns, Lorton &Derwentfells Local History Society Journal, No. 32 May 2004

Hartland, W.R., The Church of St. Cuthbert, Embleton, Cumbria: A Short History (1987)

Stayte, Sheila, ‘Low Stanger Farm, Embleton 1635-1958’, Lorton &Derwentfells Local History Society Journal, No. 42 August 2008

When The Well Informed Cumbrians Took To Drink’, Lorton &Derwentfells Local History Society Journal , No. 35 May 2005 - An excerpt from an article referring to Stanger Well.

Winchester, Angus, Landscape And Society In Medieval Cumbria, J Donald Publishers Ltd. Edinburgh, 1987. Although having a wider theme this book makes substantial references to medieval Cockermouth.

Jackson, William and Rev. Canon Knowles, 'A Descriptive Account Of Cockermouth Castle', Part I CW1 Vol. IV, pp. 109-130 Jackson, William and Rev. Canon Knowles, 'A Descriptive Account Of Cockermouth Castle', Part II CW1 Vol. IV, pp. 130-138.

Winchester, Angus J.L., 'Medieval Cockermouth', CW2 Vol. LXXXVI (1986), pp. 109-128. [Compiled by S. Shaw]

Note: The L&DFLHS Archive holds ‘a valuable collection’ of material on Wythop and Embleton assembled by the late Ann Bowman who researched the history of Wythop Mill.

While there are references to Embleton in general articles, no references to substantive research on Wythop have been found in the Transactions of CWAAS.

[Compiled by S. Shaw]